I've posted a second vid rec list to Buffyverse Top 5

[red_satin_doll]

Once again, it took me all damn day (because I'm slow, badly organized and indecisive) - and once again it was worth it. TBT5 is one of the very best ways I know of in this fandom to discover works I've missed otherwise. And it's fun to see what other people come up with! F.ex. snogged posted a recs list of "remix" fanfics  - how cool and clever is that

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[snogged]

Wow! Thank you so much for plugging my remix rec lists!

Also...I agree with you that the Buffyverse isn't dead and isn't dying.

There are fandoms with the shows still on the air that have less participation than the Buffyverse (*cough cough* How I Met Your Mother *cough cough*)

[red_satin_doll]

*cough cough* How I Met Your Mother *cough cough*

*SNORFLE*

I'm shocked the show has lasted as long as it has - we found out Robin isn't the mother in episode one. I just finished S8 and they're still doing the Barney/Robin/Ted dance yadda yadda? That got boring years ago. Dude, move on already!

[snogged]

I'm a diehard HIMYM fan and can assure you the show does return to it's awesome roots in Season 9.

What made me sad is there used to be a huge RPG (that I was part of), fandom awards, and active participation in the LJ communities. There is still a decent chunk of activity at the barneyrobin comm, but it's not like it used to be.

[red_satin_doll]

Oh good to hear. Who is your favorite character btw? "Robin Sherbatsky" is the best name in the history of fictional character names ever (don't ask me why I just love the sound of it. It rolls trippingly off the tongue.) And I love me some Marshall and Lily awesomeness, although I think of the core group Lily on her own is the least interesting to me

[snogged]

I think each character has been my favorite at one point or another. I would probably have to say Robin because she can be pretty damn hardcore. I adore LAME. They're easily my most favorite canon couple ever.

I've always been a big fan of Ted/Victoria.

I do agree that it helps to have characters outside of the Core Five. It definitely keeps things interesting.

Actually...the BarneyRobin comm hit a big snag in Season 5 and hasn't really recovered from it. A lot of people seemed to lose interest in writing for prompts and discussing the show after Barney and Robin first broke-up.

*lol*

Well..RPG does involve real people, aka "The Usual Suspects" (yes, our group coined a name for itself. But mostly it was just like one giant fanfic series written by multiple authors. :)

I think the best thing to come out of my love affair with HIMYM though is my friendship with secondmezzanine. She lives about four hours away from me and we have made a point to see each other about once a year!

This always gets too long (it's a sickness)

[red_satin_doll]

Lily and Marshall have an acronym? Of course they are anything but lame. "the only argument Marshall and I have is whether Tommy-boy is awesome or super-awesome. That's LOVE, bitches." (*overhead high-five*) They're one of my favorite married couples on tv, ever. I think in American tv it's hard to find married couples who are realistic (or as realistic as HIMYM can be): they fight and have difficulties, they're not always happy, but they are also still attracted to each, still in love and still working on the relationship.

I've always been a big fan of Ted/Victoria.

the actress handled the comedy and the quiet drama equally well; and that she was a good visual match for Ted: attractive but not impossibly pretty. I saw the actress who is going to be the mother at the end of S8 and WHY does it have to be someone who's conventionally "model pretty"? WHY???

the BarneyRobin comm hit a big snag in Season 5I think maybe part of it had to do with the fact that they made their last break-up so visually repugnant? via the magic of make-up

Re: This always gets too long (it's a sickness)

[snogged]

I agree with you on Marshall and Lily's relationship. It's nice to see a married couple portrayed so well on TV.

I'm not going to lie....I watch the show when it airs so I know a lot more about the "Mother" and I pretty much adore her. I also don't view her as "model pretty." I view her more as "bohemian pretty."

I agree that the break-up was "visually repugnant." But the biggest complaints I see on the BarneyRobin comm is how out-of-character they became and that's pretty much the rant ever since. I actually tend to avoid the community because I want to enjoy the show for what it is, instead of watching every episode get picked apart by petty commentary.

I'm with you on Moulin Rouge. I've turned it off before it ends too.

Re: This always gets too long (it's a sickness)

[red_satin_doll]

I appreciate you enduring my criticisms then! I'll say no more and wait for S9 with anticipation of the funny! (I hate the long time lags but thems the breaks.)

Re: MR, then I would feel guilty about "subverting" the director's intentions and would watch that dying scene anyway and cry. It was Ewan's cry of anguish that sent me into tears EVERY single time.

I haven't watched MR in years but I did literally "gorge" on it - watched it countless times, actually wrote one fanfic on ff.et that I still think is pretty good;made tons of icons; LOVED LOVED LOVED the costumes (my favorite is the Come What May rehearsal dress that buttons down the front and is worn with the heart-shaped "indian" headdress.) And I have the collectors red curtain box set with the extras disk. That DVD was probably the gold standard along with the LoTR special editions in terms of extras. (I have no idea about DVD's nowadays.)

[red_satin_doll]

I think the best thing to come out of my love affair with HIMYM though is my friendship with secondmezzanine. She lives about four hours away from me and we have made a point to see each other about once a year!

I met my friend Kendra Saunders through a Nicole Kidman fanboard over ten years ago. We were both MR fans.
http://kendralsaunders.com